À son âme

Amelette Ronsardelette,
Mignonnelette doucelette,
Treschere hostesse de mon corps,
Tu descens là bas foiblelette,
Pasle, maigrelette, seulette,
Dans le froid Royaume des mors :
Toutesfois simple, sans remors
De meurtre, poison, [ou]1 rancune,
Mesprisant faveurs et tresors
Tant enviez par la commune.

Passant, j'ay dit, suy ta fortune
Ne trouble mon repos, je dors.

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¹ Hawley: "et"

Authorship

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585) , "À son âme", from Derniers vers, published 1586

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by William Hawley (1950-) , "Envoy: À son âme", first performed 1997 [SATB voices and piano], from Chansons de Ronsard, no. 6.
by Raymond Moulaert (1875-1962) , "Ronsard à son âme", 1939 [medium voice unaccompanied], from the collection Poèmes de la Vieille France (4e recueil), no. 3.

by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) , "Ronsard à son âme"

SPA Spanish (Victor Torres) , "Ronsard a su alma", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Wyatt) , "To his Soul", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2010-10-28.

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Ronsard à son âme

Amelette Ronsardelette,
Mignonnelette, doucelette,
Trés chére hostesse de mon corps,
Tu descens là-bas, faiblelette,
Pasle, maigrelette, seulette,
Dans le froid royaume des mors;
Toutesfois simple, sans remors
De meurtre, poison, et raucune,
Méprisant faveurs et trésors,
Tant enviez par la commune.

Passant, j'ay dit: suy ta fortune,
Ne trouble mon repos, je dors.

Modernized version.

Based on

a text in French by Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585) , "À son âme", from Derniers vers, published 1586 ENG SPA

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) , "Ronsard à son âme"

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.